indie
Ash, Liquid Rooms, EdinburghThursday, 11 November 2010
So, did they play all the singles? Well no, not all of them, given that they’ve released 26 of the buggers in the past year alone, frisbeeing one out every fortnight in the sort of kamikaze experiment contemplated by only the truly inspired or the... Read more... |
Hot Chip/ LCD Soundsystem, Alexandra PalaceWednesday, 10 November 2010
Unlikely cool. It’s what unites LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip. They’re the geeks and outsiders who made it to being hip on the dancefloor. These improbable, subversive electro-pop heroes have united this autumn for what for fans has been a dream... Read more... |
KT Tunstall, Shepherd's Bush EmpireThursday, 21 October 2010
First up, a confession. I’m one of those who’ve never considered KT Tunstall to be quite the real deal. She’s sometimes described as indie, but I’ve always found her more background music for filling out a tax form to than someone to help you... Read more... |
I Am Kloot, Union ChapelWednesday, 29 September 2010
I Am Kloot are a band it’s hard not to like in an almost personal way. The Manchester-based trio exude warmth, northern charm and a sense of self-contentment, seemingly impervious to the fact that they still haven’t made it as big as everyone thinks... Read more... |
Shea Seger, The Half Moon, PutneyTuesday, 07 September 2010
Shea Seger is a woman with a story. A story of a career interrupted. At the age of 20, the fragile and slightly dangerous-looking blonde from Texas came over here and made a record which sent ripples across the pond of the Americana scene. Shortly... Read more... |
Caitlin Rose, The WindmillMonday, 06 September 2010
Last night was the third and probably last time this 21-year-old Nashville songstress will grace the humble Windmill pub in Brixton with her charismatic yet down-to-earth presence. Not because the gig wasn’t a sell-out and an unqualified success,... Read more... |
Eels, O2 Academy, BrixtonWednesday, 01 September 2010
Coming on stage in a gangsta bandana, wrap-around shades, and what looked like Saddam Hussein’s beard, Mr E was giving little away. There was no opening gambit, nor any indication of what direction the evening was going. Some had said the Scotland... Read more... |
Green Man Festival 2010, Glanusk CastleWednesday, 25 August 2010
If there's one festival in Britain where people are ready for the rain, it's the Green Man. After all, nobody goes to the Brecon Beacons to sunbathe, right? The weekend, which began the spate of boutique and specialist festivals that dominate the... Read more... |
Kasabian, Brixton AcademyFriday, 20 August 2010
It’s been a while since I’ve seen an audience go quite as bonkers as this one. Kasabian were performing a London show as a warm-up for their appearances at this weekend’s V Festival, and singer Tom Meighan was working the crowd into a lather of... Read more... |
Tapestry Supersonic Sunday Mini-FestivalTuesday, 06 July 2010
The Tapestry Festival is a labour of love. It's the ongoing adventure of a Camden plasterer called Barry Stilwell who decided a decade ago that he wanted a festival of his own. Irritated by the way corporate branding was piggy-backing festival... Read more... |
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Dan TreacySunday, 27 June 2010
It has been said that Dan Treacy (b. 1960) is the TV Personalities in the same way that Mark E Smith is The Fall. Certainly he has been the sole consistent member since they appeared in 1978 with the single "14th Floor" and subsequent cult hit "Part... Read more... |
Please GiveFriday, 18 June 2010
Charity begins at home - or maybe not - in Nicole Holofcener's lovely film, Please Give, which joins the superlative Greenberg as one of the beacons in a summer movie line-up given over to sequels, franchises and pitches that should never have got... Read more... |
